. Bird lore . row, Robin,Bluebird. Among the bordering shrubbery.—Song Sparrow, Field Sparrow, YellowWarbler, Robin, Catbird. Among the trees bordering the road-side.—Baltimore Oriole, Yellow-throatedand Warbling Vireos. In the meadow.—Red-winged Black-birds, Song Sparrows, and numbers ofMaryland Yellow Throats, and, in igii,a pair of Redstarts and a pair ofYellow-throated the East Wood, which is of about the same area as the West Wood, andwhich before the fire was one of the best coverts hereabouts, and filled withbirds, there are today only one pair of Wood Pewees, one pair of Blue
. Bird lore . row, Robin,Bluebird. Among the bordering shrubbery.—Song Sparrow, Field Sparrow, YellowWarbler, Robin, Catbird. Among the trees bordering the road-side.—Baltimore Oriole, Yellow-throatedand Warbling Vireos. In the meadow.—Red-winged Black-birds, Song Sparrows, and numbers ofMaryland Yellow Throats, and, in igii,a pair of Redstarts and a pair ofYellow-throated the East Wood, which is of about the same area as the West Wood, andwhich before the fire was one of the best coverts hereabouts, and filled withbirds, there are today only one pair of Wood Pewees, one pair of Bluebirdsin an old Woodpeckers hole, and, probably, two or three pairs of Ovenbirdsamong the new undergrowth. While, in a pond at the back of the place, abrood of ten young Black Duck flappers were seen disporting themselvesduring the past summer. In the West Wood, with its protecting evergreens, coppice, and the under-growth, which we are working so hard to develop, there breed each year thefollowing birds:. NESTING-BOX IN PINE OCCUPIEDBY SCREECH OWL My Experience with Von Berlepsch Nesting-boxes ii Robin, Purple Finch, Catbird, Goldfinch, Brown Thrasher, Song Sparrow, Chickadee, Chipping Sparrow, Ovenbird, Towhee, Maryland Yellow-throat, Indigo bird, Golden-winged Warbler, Crow, Nashville Warbler, Blue Jay, Black and White Warbler, Phoebe, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Black-throated Green Warbler, Black-billed Cuckoo, Pine Warbler, Golden-winged Woodpecker, Scarlet Tanager, Downy Woodpecker, Cedar Waxwing, Screech Owl, Red-eyed Vireo, Ruffed Grouse. In the chimneys of the house, which is here located, are Swifts; and a pairof Phoebes build their nest each year upon the cornice over the front Flycatchers • and White-bellied Nuthatches undoubtedly buildhere too, although I have never yet found their nests; and there are severalother varieties which ought to be found here, and probably do build here, but ofwhose breeding I have as yet
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